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15 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting

HoYoverse has just released its latest gacha game, Honkai: Star Rail, and this latest space adventure has met endless comparisons to its sister gacha, Genshin Impact. After spending dozens of hours trailblazing through Honkai: Star Rail’s galaxy, I’ve experienced and combed through a huge number of different systems and mechanics. Here are some things I’ve

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Gaming

Tears of the Kingdom’s ‘Pinball’ Shrine Is Driving Players Mad

Some Shrines in Tears of the Kingdom have obvious solution. Others, well, if you’ve come across the Mayachin Shrine, which contains a giant target and a big ball that perpetually rolls down a slope, well you might still be standing there unsure what to do. This Arcade-y Basketball Game Brings The NBA Jam Vibes Like

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Gaming

Capcom’s Big Fighter Regains Its Soul

To say Capcom fumbled Street Fighter V is an understatement. SF5 launched in an incomplete state, going all-in on “esports” to the point that it shipped without even basic single-player modes, and the flat, offense-heavy combat came off so canned, so rote, that it almost felt turn-based. (Also, Ken had bananas for hair.) Years of

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Movie Reviews

#459 May 30, 2023

Matt writes: The 2023 Cannes Film Festival may have concluded this past weekend, yet there are still a few enticing dispatches that have yet to be published on RogerEbert.com. You can find all of our coverage, both written and in video form, in this table of contents, featuring reports from Chaz Ebert, Ben Kenigsberg, Jason

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Gaming

Diablo IV Interview Questions Accused Of Being Fabricated

Last week a video was released featuring two senior developers working on Diablo IV: Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora and Art Director John Mueller. In the clip the pair were presented with a series of questions from “fans”, which they answer at length, but it didn’t take long for some digging to find that the

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Gaming

That Is An Excellent Portable Computer Design

Timur Kvasov is a veteran concept artist based in Serbia who has done work for companies like Tencent and 5518 Studios. Read more… Source link

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Should Mods Be Paid For? Valheim’s Developers Don’t Think So

Mods have for decades been a way for fans to create content for their favourite games, and for decades have been seen as a community pursuit, something free, something people do for the love of it. Over the last few years, though, that stance has begun to change. The Week In Games: Wild At Heart

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Gaming

Lord Of The Rings CCG Will Include Diversity And Originality

Next month sees the release of Magic: The Gathering’s Universes Beyond expansion for Lord of the Rings. The Tales of Middle-Earth card game will, say creators Wizards of the Coast, introduce a diversity to the endlessly reworked franchise that hasn’t been seen before. This Series Asks What If Harry Potter Couldn’t Do Magic, Was Swole

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10 New Indie Games On Steam That Are Bursting With Imagination

If you’re as sick of AAA development practices and staff treatment as you say you are, then you really ought to be looking a lot deeper into the world of indie development. And wouldn’t you know it, along with nine from earlier today, we’ve another 10 unknown or under-known indie games that are well-deserving of

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Gaming

Final Fantasy XVI Will Have Its Sci-Fi UI, But Perfect Grapes

If you don’t follow a game particularly closely, then the storms that occur within its communities can seem very bizarre. Take Final Fantasy XVI—obviously a game with a huge fanbase and a lot of people very excited for next month’s release—but one where you might have missed the furore over its UI. Or indeed the

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